This proposal covers a way to mark that a given areas has underground electric and communication wires. Areas of underground utilities are of interest in earthquake or fire hazard zones, to prospective home-buyers, and for generalized 3D renderings. The most specific tag is used: large areas can be tagged with the prevalent style, and individual streets annotated differently.

Retagging

Not applicable for this proposal.

Downsides

A significant downside of this proposal is the potential for duplicate data. If a corridor is marked "underground", but later someone
maps the actual underground electric lines, there's a potential for the data to get out of synchronization.

This tagging exists in parallel with the drawing of individual power poles and distribution lines: and nothing stops a user from drawing each individual wire network. However, this tag can get the job done over large areas very quickly.

Comments

Should this be extended to include street light information? Brycenesbitt (talk) 19:44, 16 March 2015 (UTC)